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While the Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is incarcerated in Moscow's number one remand prison, which is notorious for its harsh detention conditions, his staff published a new video on the blog with research into abuse of office and evasion of public funds in Russia.

This time the allegations are directed directly against Vladimir Putin, who had a super-expensive secret palace built in Gelendzhik on the Black Sea coast.

Under the title “A palace for Putin.

The story of the greatest bribery ”, Nawalny's employees posted an almost two-hour YouTube video that the Kremlin opponents had recorded in Germany.

In it he accuses the Russian head of state of having built a "kingdom" for himself for 100 billion rubles (1.1 billion euros).

A picture from the YouTube video should show the property

Source: AP

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Putin's spokesman said in the evening that Putin does not have a palace in Gelendzhik.

The site of the “most expensive palace in the world” covers a total of 7800 hectares and is 39 times the size of Monaco, according to Nawalny's team.

There is a church, an amphitheater, a tea house and a helipad, among other things.

Luxury, gold and marble - the photos also show an underground ice palace and casino.

The pictures of the property sparked outrage on social networks.

Just one day after it was published, the video had almost 19 million views.

Financed by close confidants of Putin

"Looks like the home of some drug baron in the tropics," wrote the oppositionist Ilya Yashin on Twitter about photos that are supposed to show the residence.

"But no, it is the secret palace of the Russian President." Some users pointed out that the average income in Russia is only a few hundred euros and the pensions are sometimes under 200 euros.

Close confidants of the president are said to have financed the palace.

The post lists the head of the Rosneft oil company, Igor Sechin, and billionaires Gennady Timchenko and Nikolai Tokarev.

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Actually, Navalny wanted to present the research himself after his return to Russia, wrote his spokeswoman Kira Jarmysch on Twitter.

But since he was arrested directly, that was not possible.

The content, said Jarmysch, made her angry.

“Putin is stealing from my country, locking up my friends, he's a murderer,” she said.

At the rally planned for Saturday, people should vent their anger.

At the end of the video, Navalny calls on his supporters to protest next Saturday: “Our future is in our hands.

Don't be silent! ”Nawalny's supporters also called for protests on Saturday.

However, to demand his release.

Navalny was sentenced to 30 days in prison on Monday in a controversial emergency trial in a police station - for violating probation conditions.

January 17, 2021: Alexej Navalny and his wife Julia shortly before their return flight to Russia

Source: dpa / Mstyslav Chernov

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Navalny was the victim of an attack in Russia in August with the neurotoxin Novichok, which is banned as a chemical weapon, and was subsequently treated in Germany.

Several laboratories, including one from the Bundeswehr, had detected the warfare agent in Navalny's blood.

The EU therefore also imposed sanctions on representatives of the Russian power apparatus.

Navalny sees a "killer squad" from the Russian domestic intelligence service FSB under Putin's orders behind the August 20 attack.

Putin and the FSB deny the allegations.